PS Tutorial: Create a graffiti retro style poster

Graffiti and retro styles are really fascinating styles in design field from the day of their introduction particularly because of their eye-catching colors and attractiveness. They always make things look very eccentric but still good. So now in this tutorial we are going to see how to create a graffiti retro style poster.

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final PS Tutorial: Create a graffiti retro style poster

Step 1

First open a file of A3 or A4 size with 300 ppi and in portrait mode. Now place this texture on a new layer.

poster1 PS Tutorial: Create a graffiti retro style poster

Step 2

Now add this texture above this texture and change blending mode to hard light, opacity 85% and fill 90%. And you will get the following output.

poster2 PS Tutorial: Create a graffiti retro style poster

poster3 PS Tutorial: Create a graffiti retro style poster

Step 3

Now make a rectangular selection like the following and fill it with color value “7d8d72”.

poster4 PS Tutorial: Create a graffiti retro style poster

poster5 PS Tutorial: Create a graffiti retro style poster

Step 4

Now take 4 more copies of that rectangle layer, place it vertically one above another and fill with the following colors as shown below.

poster6 PS Tutorial: Create a graffiti retro style poster

Step 5

Now select all these rectangle layers together press ctrl+t and rotate 45 degree clock wise and place it in the top right corner in this fashion.

poster7 PS Tutorial: Create a graffiti retro style poster

Step 6

Change the blending mode of the entire rectangle layer into multiply and you will get this type of output.

poster8 PS Tutorial: Create a graffiti retro style poster

Step 7

Now place a silhouette like this and make it completely black.

poster9 PS Tutorial: Create a graffiti retro style poster

Step 8

Change blending mode of the silhouette layer to overlay and you will get this kind of output.

poster10 PS Tutorial: Create a graffiti retro style poster

Step 9

Now draw a red shirt for him by tracing around his body and the change its blending mode to overlay.

poster11 PS Tutorial: Create a graffiti retro style poster

Step 10

Now take a copy of that silhouette layer and change its blending mode to overlay. Now hold ctrl and click inside the thumbnail of the red shirt layer and then press delete with the silhouette layer still selected. Then you will get this kind of output.

poster12 PS Tutorial: Create a graffiti retro style poster

Step 11

Now include another silhouette at the right bottom of the poster and follow the same steps as done for the previous silhouette (Step 7 to Step 10). But change the color of shirt for this silhouette. Now you must get something like this.

poster13 PS Tutorial: Create a graffiti retro style poster

Step 12

Now include the name of the event in black color and change blending mode overlay. Now hold ctrl and click inside the thumbnail of the text layer. Now the text gets selected. Now create a new layer below the text layer. Then go to Select-> Modify -> Expand and expand the selection by 2 to 5 pixels as you desire and fill it with black color and change that layer’s blending mode also to overlay.

poster14 PS Tutorial: Create a graffiti retro style poster

Step 13

Now include other texts in the following manner as I have shown in the poster.

poster15 PS Tutorial: Create a graffiti retro style poster

Step 14

Now include some splatter brushes here and there but not all over or with too much of colors and also try changing those layers blending mode to produce better output.

Thus, this is how you will have to create this poster.

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13 Comments

adone on 03/08/2010 at 16:47

Nice tut:) Congrats. I like retro & oldschool graffiti style.

Sipi Sagar on 03/08/2010 at 20:30

Thanks adone, thanks for your appreciation, and interest in our blog

suraj on 03/08/2010 at 21:18

Oh really nice tutorial!! Enjoyed every step 🙂

Sipi Sagar on 04/08/2010 at 08:24

thank you suraj, thanks for the comments and regular visits.

flyer templates on 04/08/2010 at 00:41

thank you for the tutorial. It can be followed very easy, and the explanations and screenshots are very helpful. Great way to improve the technique.

Sipi Sagar on 04/08/2010 at 08:27

thank you flyer templates this was made 2 years back and i was afraid whether i will get good reputation now and i am happy that it has gathered some attention.
- flyer templates on 10/08/2010 at 00:58
  
  Retro style will never get out of style…

Arshad on 04/08/2010 at 01:33

Simple but great tutorial for beginners

Thanks Sipi:)

Sipi Sagar on 04/08/2010 at 08:28

Yeah tutorials are for beginners not for professionals because they already know nook and corner of the software.

jared thompson on 09/08/2010 at 01:14

Might chance my hand at this tutorial it looks so simple and easy to pull off!

deeps on 14/08/2010 at 19:16

u r really doing awesome . i wish u the best of luck:]

tkphoto on 15/08/2010 at 02:21

I’m really interested in trying this tutorial…is there a website where I can find the textured backgrounds that you used?

Brett Widmann on 07/01/2011 at 10:23

This is a really cool tutorial! Thanks for sharing. I got a lot of good skills from this.

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